Posted: Jun 04, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: June 4
A hotel suite used for Nunavut residents returning to the territory through an isolation hub. (Sara Frizzell/CBC)
Security guards at Nunavut s isolation hubs conducted illegal and unconstitutional searches of Nunavummiut s bags up to five months after the hubs began operations, according to internal government emails obtained by CBC News. Could [we] clarify with legal about security searching bags that come into the isolation hub? one frontline mental health worker emailed another on July 10, 2020. Legal in this sentence refers to lawyers in Nunavut s justice department. I do not need to clarify with legal on that. It is unconstitutional and not allowed. Legal has been very clear on that, the second health worker replied.